Patents Assigned to Movandi Corporation
  • Patent number: 11309840
    Abstract: A circuit includes a transformer having a primary coil coupled to a first power amplifier (PA) and a second PA, and a secondary coil. The secondary coil supplies a current to an antenna based on a first direction of a first phase of a first amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil with respect to a second phase of a second amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil. The circuit further includes load impedance coupled between a median point of the primary coil and ground. The load impedance dissipates the current based on a second direction of the first phase of the first amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil with respect to the second phase of the second amplified constant-envelope signal in the primary coil, which results in improved power efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi
  • Patent number: 11309939
    Abstract: A system, in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter device, dynamically selects one or more reflector devices along a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio path based on a defined criteria. Further, the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices are controlled based on one or more conditions. In an RF receiver device, communicates with the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices comprising an active reflector device. The active reflector device comprises at least a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array transmits a first set of beams of RF signals to at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device. The second antenna array receives a second set of beams of RF signals from at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 11271614
    Abstract: A system, in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter device, dynamically selects one or more reflector devices along a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio path based on a defined criteria. Further, the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices are controlled based on one or more conditions. In an RF receiver device, communicates with the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices comprising an active reflector device. The active reflector device comprises at least a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array transmits a first set of beams of RF signals to at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device. The second antenna array receives a second set of beams of RF signals from at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Publication number: 20210351516
    Abstract: A communication device includes a first lens, a feeder array, and control circuitry communicatively coupled to the feeder array. The first lens is associated with a defined shape, which further exhibits a defined distribution of dielectric constant. The feeder array includes a plurality of antenna elements that are positioned in proximity to the first lens. The control circuitry equalizes a distribution of a gain from the received first lens-guided beam of input RF signals across the feeder array and different scan directions of the plurality of antenna elements. The equalized distribution of gain is based on the defined distribution of dielectric constant within the first lens and the proximity of the feeder array to the first lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN, Alfred Grau Besoli, Seunghwan YOON, Farid SHIRINFAR, Sam GHARAVI, Michael BOERS, Maryam ROFOUGARAN, Enver Adas, Kartik Sridharan
  • Publication number: 20210234257
    Abstract: A phased array antenna panel includes a first plurality of antennas, a first radio frequency (RF) front end chip, a second plurality of antennas, a second RF front end chip, and a combiner RF chip. The first and second RE front end chips receive respective first and second input signals from the first and second pluralities of antennas, and produce respective first and second output signals based on the respective first and second input signals. The combiner RE chip can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal that is a combination of powers of the first and second output signals. Alternatively, a power combiner can receive the first and second output signals and produce a power combined output signal, and the combiner RF chip can receive the power combined output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Movandi Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza ROFOUGARAN, Seunghwan YOON, Alfred Grau Besoli, Farid SHIRINFAR, Sam GHARAVI, Michael BOERS, Maryam ROFOUGARAN
  • Patent number: 10951274
    Abstract: A system, in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter device, dynamically selects one or more reflector devices along a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio path based on a defined criteria. Further, the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices are controlled based on one or more conditions. In an RF receiver device, communicates with the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices comprising an active reflector device. The active reflector device comprises at least a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array transmits a first set of beams of RF signals to at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device. The second antenna array receives a second set of beams of RF signals from at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10917126
    Abstract: An outphasing calibration method in an outphasing calibration RF transmitter comprises detection of differences of a first plurality of signal characteristics of a first plurality of amplified RF signals across at least a transmitter antenna and a plurality of load impedances. The first plurality of amplified RF signals corresponds to a first plurality of constant-envelope signals. Accordingly, at least a generation of a second plurality of constant-envelope signals and at least one signal characteristic of each of a second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals on a plurality of transmission paths are controlled. At least one of a first calibration or a second calibration of a second plurality of signal characteristics of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals is executed based on the controlled generation of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals and the at least one controlled signal characteristic of each of the second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Farid Shirinfar, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10916861
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least a plurality of antenna modules mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The PCB includes a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module comprises an antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells that are mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of packaged circuitry that are mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Furthermore, each antenna module is mounted on the plurality of holes via a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Zhihui Wang, Franco De Flaviis, Alfred Grau Besoli, Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10903878
    Abstract: A system, in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter device, dynamically selects one or more reflector devices along a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio path based on a defined criteria. Further, the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices are controlled based on one or more conditions. In an RF receiver device, communicates with the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices comprising an active reflector device. The active reflector device comprises at least a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array transmits a first set of beams of RF signals to at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device. The second antenna array receives a second set of beams of RF signals from at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10879944
    Abstract: An outphasing calibration method in an outphasing calibration RF transmitter comprises detection of differences of a first plurality of signal characteristics of a first plurality of amplified RF signals across at least a transmitter antenna and a plurality of load impedances. The first plurality of amplified RF signals corresponds to a first plurality of constant-envelope signals. Accordingly, at least a generation of a second plurality of constant-envelope signals and at least one signal characteristic of each of a second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals on a plurality of transmission paths are controlled. At least one of a first calibration or a second calibration of a second plurality of signal characteristics of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals is executed based on the controlled generation of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals and the at least one controlled signal characteristic of each of the second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Farid Shirinfar, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10879622
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least a plurality of antenna modules mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The PCB includes a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module comprises an antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells that are mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of packaged circuitry that are mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Furthermore, each antenna module is mounted on the plurality of holes via a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Zhihui Wang, Franco De Flaviis, Alfred Grau Besoli, Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10862559
    Abstract: A system, in a programmable active reflector (AR) device associated with a first radio frequency (RF) device and a second RF device, receives a request and associated metadata from the second RF device via a first antenna array. Based on the received request and associated metadata, one or more antenna control signals are received from the first RF device. The programmable AR device is dynamically selected and controlled by the first RF device based on a set of criteria. A controlled plurality of RF signals is transmitted, via a second antenna array, to the second RF device within a transmission range of the programmable AR device based on the associated metadata. The controlled plurality of RF signals are cancelled at the second RF device based on the associated metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10862548
    Abstract: A system, in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter device, dynamically selects one or more reflector devices along a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio path based on a defined criteria. Further, the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices are controlled based on one or more conditions. In an RF receiver device, communicates with the dynamically selected one or more reflector devices comprising an active reflector device. The active reflector device comprises at least a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array transmits a first set of beams of RF signals to at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device. The second antenna array receives a second set of beams of RF signals from at least the RF transmitter device and the RF receiver device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10854995
    Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10840954
    Abstract: An outphasing calibration method in an outphasing calibration RF transmitter comprises detection of differences of a first plurality of signal characteristics of a first plurality of amplified RF signals across at least a transmitter antenna and a plurality of load impedances. The first plurality of amplified RF signals corresponds to a first plurality of constant-envelope signals. Accordingly, at least a generation of a second plurality of constant-envelope signals and at least one signal characteristic of each of a second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals on a plurality of transmission paths are controlled. At least one of a first calibration or a second calibration of a second plurality of signal characteristics of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals is executed based on the controlled generation of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals and the at least one controlled signal characteristic of each of the second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Farid Shirinfar, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi, Kartik Sridharan, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Donghyup Shin, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10834724
    Abstract: A communication device initiates beam acquisition in a receive-only mode. Beam reception is set to an omni mode in which different beams of RF signals are receivable at the communication device from different directions. A primary signal synchronization (PSS) search is executed from each signal synchronization block location based on control information acquired directly from a first base station over a long-term evolution (LTE) control plane link or from a customer premise equipment (CPE) or user equipment (UE) that is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state. The communication of the beam of RF signals that has highest received signal strength is activated in a new radio (NR) frequency to the UE or the CPE based on at least a PSS detected in the PSS search, for low-latency non-standalone access to the beam of RF signals in NR frequency at the UE or the CPE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, Sam Gharavi
  • Patent number: 10826584
    Abstract: A system, in a programmable active reflector (AR) device associated with a first radio frequency (RF) device and a second RF device, receives a request and associated metadata from the second RF device via a first antenna array. Based on the received request and associated metadata, one or more antenna control signals are received from the first RF device. The programmable AR device is dynamically selected and controlled by the first RF device based on a set of criteria. A controlled plurality of RF signals is transmitted, via a second antenna array, to the second RF device within a transmission range of the programmable AR device based on the associated metadata. The controlled plurality of RF signals are cancelled at the second RF device based on the associated metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10819415
    Abstract: An active repeater device includes a primary sector and one or more secondary sectors, receives a first beam of input RF signals. A first set of analog baseband signals, are generated based on received first beam of input RF signals. The first set of analog baseband signals are converted to a first set of coded data signals and control information is extracted from the first set of coded data signals by decoding only a header portion of the first set of coded data signals without demodulation of data portion of the first set of coded data signals. Based on the extracted control information, the first set of coded data signals are transmitted as beams of output RF signals to remote user equipment. The transmission is independent of demodulation of the data portion within the active repeater device to reduce latency for transmission of the first set of coded data signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sam Gharavi, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Kartik Sridharan, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10797407
    Abstract: A wireless communications system includes a first transceiver with a first phased array antenna panel having horizontal-polarization receive antennas and vertical-polarization transmit antennas, where the horizontal-polarization receive antennas form a first receive beam based on receive phase and receive amplitude information provided by a first master chip, the vertical-polarization transmit antennas form a first transmit beam based on transmit phase and transmit amplitude information provided by the first master chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Farid Shirinfar, Sam Gharavi, Michael Boers, Seunghwan Yoon, Alfred Grau Besoli, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 10797404
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least a plurality of antenna modules mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The PCB includes a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module comprises an antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells that are mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of packaged circuitry that are mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Furthermore, each antenna module is mounted on the plurality of holes via a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: MOVANDI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghwan Yoon, Zhihui Wang, Franco De Flaviis, Alfred Grau Besoli, Kartik Sridharan, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Michael Boers, Sam Gharavi, Donghyup Shin, Farid Shirinfar, Stephen Wu, Maryam Rofougaran